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World Wings International Launches Annual Prize Drawing
To Aid Local and Global Charitable Groups Supporting Women
Former Pan Am Flight Attendants in Princeton
Work To Benefit CARE and Women for Afghan Women
Princeton, NJ, August 16---World Wings International's annual Charity Drawing fund raiser is underway, with an array of prizes spanning travel, fine hotels, luxury goods and cash. World Wings is the philanthropic organization of former Pan Am flight attendants and members of the Princeton/ Philadelphia chapter will be selling tickets to benefit World Wings' international charity, CARE, and its newly- adopted chapter charity, Women for Afghan Women
"All of us were shocked and terribly upset by the TIME Magazine cover of the young woman brutalized by the Taliban," says Chapter President Donna Henry of Princeton. "We decided that action in support of the women of Afghanistan must be taken and taken now."
The chapter will raise money for Women for Afghan Women, an organization that provides a range of assistance programs - shelters, schools, legal aid and help in fighting the most egregious human rights violations in Afghanistan. http://www.womenforafghanwomen.org/ This is the organization that sheltered the young woman known as Bibi Aisha whose husband, aided by the Taliban, cut off her nose and ears.
World Wings International also supports CARE's programs to improve the lives of women and girls in developing countries, including Afghanistan. Each of World Wings International's 30 worldwide chapters supports one or more charities in addition to CARE and the annual drawing raises money for CARE and for each individual chapter's charity. Since its founding in 1959, World Wings has donated more than $3 million to charity worldwide.
WORLD WINGS INTERNATIONAL'S PRIZE DRAWING
This year's drawing will be held October 22, 2010 at World Wings International's convention in Tokyo, Japan. There are dozens of exceptional prizes - travel, hotel stays, cash, jewelry, art works, accessories and much more - all donated by World Wings members and friends. The top prizes include stays in a Paris apartment, a villa in Croatia and at the five-star Royal Garden Hotel in London.
Tickets are priced at $5 each or 5 for $20.
PRIZES
Stays in Paris, London and Rovinji, Croatia
The French Connection Vacation Package
A two week stay in a private Apartment in the heart of Paris, France
Plus US$2000 cash.
 Romantic Vacation on the Adriatic Sea
A one-week stay at Villa Valdibora in Rovinji, Croatia
Plus $750 cash
 Three Nights at the Five-Star Royal Garden Hotel
in London on Kensington High Street, overlooking Hyde Park
Tickets are $5 each and five for $20. All proceeds go to local charities chosen by the chapters and to CARE, World Wings; International's principal partner.
To purchase tickets, send a check made out to World Wings International for the amount of tickets you want to buy - $5 each, 5 for $20 to the address below.. Checks must be received by October 1, 2010. To donate, via PayPal, to World Wings International Charity Drawing, use your credit card and our PayPal account. Log on to PayPal.com, "Send Money", "For Services", $ Amount to schwarz2433@bellsouth.net It will show World Wings International, Inc.
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Supporters of World Wings' charitable efforts can be sure their contributions will go to improving the lives of women in Afghanistan and the world over. Says Donna Henry, "As Pan Am flight attendants we saw the world's wonders. But we also saw poverty, war, terrorism and oppression. We saw the plight of women - deprived of food, shelter, dignity and human rights. That's why we remain involved in the world we were so privileged to see. And why we want to be sure that Bibi Aisha and the women of Afghanistan know that we care about them. "
For more information on World Wings International, please go to www.worldwingsinternational.org.
WORLD WINGS CARES
SERVICE ON A DIFFERENT PLANE
World Wingers are still deeply involved in the world they were so privileged to see.
"Service on a different plane...angels with a different set of wings" - from day care centers and hospitals to CARE's efforts to aid women in the developing world, charities around the globe benefit from World Wings International's philanthropic efforts. Each of its 30 chapters in the US, Europe and Japan supports local charities including hospices, shelters, museums, schools, soup kitchens, medical research and more. Since its founding in 1959, World Wings has contributed more than $3 million to various charitable causes.
Sheila Saunders of Manhattan makes a new friend on a CARE trip to Africa. World Wings members participate in trips organized by CARE to see first hand, how donations are used.
 Renate Van Kempema, President of World Wings' Miami Chapter, completed the 234-mile CARE Cycle Challenge from London to Paris, raising over $10,000 for CARE.
The Princeton/Philadelphia Chapter hosts a holiday party for the children of The Cherrry Tree Club, a day care center for homeless kids in West Windsor, New Jersey. Back row, left to right, Mary Glazer, Devan Anding, Leslie Anding, Santa Claus, Anne Sweeney, Eva Arvanitis and Donna Henry. Front Row, Mary Spring and Madonna Dunn. |
